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Psychological occurrence
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon in which someone recalls something that did not actually happen or recalls it differently from the way it
False_memory
Proposed condition of false or biased recollections
false memory syndrome (FMS) was a proposed "pattern of beliefs and behaviors" in which a person's identity and relationships are affected by false memories
False_memory_syndrome
Defunct American nonprofit organization
The False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) was a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 and dissolved in late 2019. The FMSF was created by Pamela and
False Memory Syndrome Foundation
False_Memory_Syndrome_Foundation
Lawsuit against a psychotherapist in California, US
Ramona false memory case concerns a California man, Gary Ramona, who successfully sued psychiatrists who supposedly implanted false memories of abuse
Ramona_false_memory_case
Recall of fabricated, misinterpreted or distorted memories
can increase confidence in false memories. In rare cases, confabulation occurs in ordinary individuals. Different memory tests, including recognition
Confabulation
1999 novel by Dean Koontz
False Memory is a horror novel by the American author Dean Koontz, released in 1999. False Memory was first released by Cemetery Dance Publications as
False_Memory_(novel)
Theory that memory may be stored in the unconscious mind
could result in the creation of entirely false memories. Subsequent accusations based on such "recovered memories" led to substantial harm of individuals
Repressed_memory
Faculty of mind to store and retrieve data
cells Collective memory, memory that is shared, passed on, and constructed by a group Explicit memory False memory Immunological memory, a characteristic
Memory
Professor of psychology, mostly focused on human memory
focused on human memory including traumatic memories, false childhood memories, autobiographical memory, memory in social context, and memory for phobia onset
Ira_Hyman
Theory of cognition
phenomena involving both true memories (i.e., memories about events that actually happened) as well as false memories (i.e., memories about events that never
Fuzzy-trace_theory
unpleasant memories fades more quickly than the emotion associated with pleasant ones. False memory, where imagination is mistaken for a memory. Humor effect:
List_of_cognitive_biases
German-Canadian criminal psychologist (born 1987)
Columbia (UBC). Her doctoral thesis was entitled "Constructing Rich False Memories of Committing Crime". Shaw remained in Canada and was a lecturer at
Julia_Shaw_(psychologist)
Scientifically discredited form of psychotherapy
professional mental health associations. RMT can result in patients developing false memories of sexual abuse from their childhood and events such as alien abduction
Recovered-memory_therapy
Mental illness with multiple personality states
forgotten memories of satanic ritual abuse. Psychologists familiar with the malleability of memory argued they were constructing false memories. Diagnoses
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative_identity_disorder
British conductor with severe amnesia
Since then, he has lacked the ability to form new memories and cannot recall aspects of his memories, frequently believing that he has only recently awoken
Clive_Wearing
Memory system consisting of episodes recollected from an individual's life
with repeated recollection, false memories may become more like true memories and acquire greater detail. False memory syndrome is a controversial condition
Autobiographical_memory
High-detailed autobiographical memory
James L.; Loftus, Elizabeth F. (2013-12-24). "False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals". Proceedings of the National Academy
Hyperthymesia
American cognitive psychologist
best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies. Loftus's research includes the effects of
Elizabeth_Loftus
Shared knowledge and values of a social group
Eva (1 December 2017). "Collective narratives, false memories, and the origins of autobiographical memory". Biology & Philosophy. 32 (6): 839–853. doi:10
Collective_memory
Psychological condition
recollections. Cases concerning memory distrust syndrome have led to documented false confessions in court cases. The main symptom of memory distrust syndrome is
Memory_distrust_syndrome
Psychological technique
event that actually never happened. The false memories that have been successfully implanted in people's memories include remembering being lost in a mall
Memory_implantation
Misidentification during memory recall
components: cryptomnesia, false memories, and source confusion. It was originally noted as one of Daniel Schacter's seven sins of memory. Cryptomnesia is a form
Misattribution_of_memory
Book on repressed or false memory
The Myth of Repressed Memory: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse is a 1994 book by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham, published by St
The_Myth_of_Repressed_Memory
Inability of adults to recall memories from childhood
remember memories that occurred around the age of 10, while memories from before age 3 were more often confused with false images and memories. Memories from
Childhood_amnesia
Ability to recall an image from memory after one viewing
Eidetic memory (/aɪˈdɛtɪk/ eye-DET-ik), also known as photographic memory and total recall, is the ability to recall an image from memory with high precision—at
Eidetic_memory
Learning technique that helps in remembering
(/nəˈmɒnɪk/ nə-MON-ik), memory trick or memory device is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory, often by associating
Mnemonic
Memorization technique based on repetition
formulas. There is greater understanding if students commit a formula to memory through exercises that use the formula rather than through rote repetition
Rote_learning
Aspect of learning procedure
research on the neural basis of learning and memory, and in certain social phenomena such as the false consensus effect. Classical conditioning occurs
Classical_conditioning
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
symmetrical 'memory.'" Crews believes that Freud's initial confidence in accurate recall of early memories anticipated the theories of recovered memory therapists
Sigmund_Freud
Retrieval of events or information from the past
your memory. Spreading activation is thought to build over a period of many hours, days, or even weeks before a random semantic memory "pops". False memories
Recall_(memory)
Widespread moral panic alleging abuse
claims of recovered memories of alien abductions and satanic ritual abuse, citing material from the newsletter of the False Memory Syndrome Foundation
Satanic_panic
Memory of autobiographical events
Episodic memory is the memory of everyday events (such as times, location geography, associated emotions, and other contextual information) that can be
Episodic_memory
Decline of memory retention in time
concept is the strength of memory that refers to the durability that memory traces in the brain. The stronger the memory, the longer period of time that
Forgetting_curve
Controversial therapy technique
can easily acquire false memories. Joseph Green, a professor at Ohio University, conducted a study on hypnotherapy and false memories. In the study, 48
Age regression in hypnotherapy
Age_regression_in_hypnotherapy
Psychological test
genuine false memory?". Legal and Criminological Psychology 18(2), 274–286. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8333.2012.02048.x Leavitt, F. (1997). "False attribution
Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale
Gudjonsson_Suggestibility_Scale
American author and public speaker
to pay for her therapy. The False Memory Syndrome Foundation has reviewed the book; Davis blamed proponents of false memory syndrome for her family not
Anne_Johnson_Davis
Phenomenon in memory
individual's memory. Memory conformity is a memory error due to both social influences and cognitive mechanisms. Social contamination of false memory can be
Memory_conformity
Subjective experience of victimization by extraterrestrials
professionals explain these experiences by factors such as suggestibility (e.g. false memory syndrome), sleep paralysis, deception, and psychopathology. Skeptic Robert
Alien_abduction
Loss of short-term memory
new memories after an event that caused amnesia, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, while long-term memories from
Anterograde_amnesia
Views on claims that aliens capture people
maintain that belief. False memory involves several steps or series of events, not all of which are required to lead to a false memory of abduction. The vast
Perspectives on the alien abduction phenomenon
Perspectives_on_the_alien_abduction_phenomenon
1988 case of sexual abuse
recovered-memory therapy (RMT), a discredited pseudoscientific method of psychological examination that has been shown to produce false memories under suggestion
Thurston County ritual abuse case
Thurston_County_ritual_abuse_case
Error caused by a memory fault
believed to be the abuser. Amnesia False memory syndrome Memory and aging Memory bias Memory conformity Memory disorder Memory implantation Roediger, H. L.
Memory_error
Model of human memory
more accurate model of primary memory (often referred to as short-term memory). Working memory splits primary memory into multiple components, rather
Baddeley's model of working memory
Baddeley's_model_of_working_memory
Procedure in cognitive psychology
(DRM) paradigm is a procedure in cognitive psychology used to study false memory in humans. The procedure was pioneered by James Deese in 1959, but it
Deese–Roediger–McDermott paradigm
Deese–Roediger–McDermott_paradigm
Selective artificial removal of memories or associations from the mind
Memory erasure is the selective artificial removal of memories or associations from the mind. Memory erasure has been shown to be possible in some experimental
Memory_erasure
Memory implantation technique
entirely false memories in people. The technique was developed in the context of the debate about the existence of repressed memories and false memory syndrome
Lost_in_the_mall_technique
1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber
himself hypnotizing Mason, supposedly proving that Wilbur had "implanted false memories" in her mind, but when Suraci asked to see the films, Spiegel said he
Sybil_(Schreiber_book)
2019 novel by Blake Crouch
explores themes of memory, identity, and time. In 2018, NYPD detective Barry Sutton encounters a woman afflicted by False Memory Syndrome (FMS), a condition
Recursion_(Crouch_novel)
Category of memory stabilizing processes
Memory consolidation is a process in the brain that stabilizes newly learned information, allowing the memory to be stored long-term. A memory trace is
Memory_consolidation
Theory of memory recall
believable false memory. The source and type of confabulations differ for each type of disease or area of traumatic damage. Selective memory involves actively
Reconstructive_memory
Memory triggered by an environmental cue
Involuntary memory is a sub-component of memory that occurs when cues encountered in everyday life evoke recollections of the past without conscious effort
Involuntary_memory
of people claim to have eidetic memory, but science has never found a single verifiable case of photographic memory. Eidetic imagery is virtually nonexistent
List of people claimed to possess an eidetic memory
List_of_people_claimed_to_possess_an_eidetic_memory
Mascot for the board game Monopoly
phenomenon of shared false memories – where he is allegedly depicted as wearing a monocle, which he did not do until after this false memory gained traction
Mr._Monopoly
1956 psychology paper by George Miller on working memory capacity
argue that the number of objects an average human can hold in short-term memory is 7 ± 2. This has occasionally been referred to as Miller's law. In his
The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two
The_Magical_Number_Seven,_Plus_or_Minus_Two
Cognitive system for temporarily holding information
working memory. Other suggested names were short-term memory, primary memory, immediate memory, operant memory, and provisional memory. Short-term memory is
Working_memory
Re-emergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response
create spontaneous recovery of memories, false memories can be constructed in the process. False memories are memories that contain facts that are incorrect
Spontaneous_recovery
American psychologist
Professor of Human Development at Cornell University and an expert on false memory and risky decision making. In collaboration with her husband Charles
Valerie_F._Reyna
Reporting of a rape where no rape has occurred
Causes of false accusations of rape fall into two broad categories: deliberate deception (lies) and non-deliberate errors (such as false memories, facilitated
False_accusation_of_rape
Type of memory referring to general world knowledge
Laura Eileen Matzen. 2008. Semantic and Phonological Influences on Memory, False Memory, and Reminding. Publisher-ProQuest. ISBN 0549909958, 9780549909958
Semantic_memory
8th episode of the 1st season of It: Welcome to Derry
once. Before It can kill Marge, Hallorann mentally traps Pennywise in a false memory as the human Bob Gray, allowing the students, including Will, to regain
Winter_Fire
Memory used for information that only needs to be stored for a short time
Short-term memory (or "primary" or "active memory") is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for
Short-term_memory
American academic
memories of experiences. In 2014, LaTour with colleagues Mike LaTour and Chuck Brainerd wrote the paper Fuzzy trace theory and “smart” false memories:
Kathryn_LaTour
Early life experiences often memorable for life
Childhood memory refers to memories formed during childhood. Among its other roles, memory functions to guide present behaviour and to predict future outcomes
Childhood_memory
Process of storage and retrieval memory
explicit memory (declarative memory) and implicit memory (non-declarative memory). Explicit memory is broken down into episodic and semantic memory, while
Long-term_memory
Effect of later events on a previous memory
source misattribution, in which the false information given after the event becomes incorporated into people's memory of the actual event. The misinformation
Misinformation_effect
during encoding information, eliminated implicit false memory and heightened explicit false memory. Results from both of these studies, indicate that
Articulatory_suppression
Type of long-term human memory
In psychology, implicit memory is one of the two main types of long-term human memory. It is acquired and used unconsciously, and can affect thoughts
Implicit_memory
Israeli who made abuse allegations
aware of had ever been substantiated. Rabbi Nir Menussi [he] said that false memory syndrome could be a factor, referencing the Satanic panic in the United
Shoshana_Strook
Psychological phenomenon
However, lesions in the hippocampus (the brain structure responsible for memory) impair cognitive functions but leave emotional responses fully functional
Mere-exposure_effect
Effects of trauma on memory
Memory and trauma is the deleterious effects that physical or psychological trauma has on memory. Memory is defined by psychology as the ability of an
Memory_and_trauma
Personal tendency towards negative emotions and poor self-concept
of true or false questions which tested for false memories. Participants experiencing negative moods reported fewer numbers of false memories, whereas those
Negative_affectivity
Account a witness gives in the courtroom of what they observed
memory, forming a new memory. Some of her most convincing experiments support this claim: In one of her experiments, Loftus demonstrates that false verbal
Eyewitness_testimony
Imperfect recall of a crime or other dramatic event
though this may be the result of a false memory. These effects can be a result of post-event information. When the memory is weaker or gained under less than
Eyewitness_memory
Types of accurate and detailed recall
Exceptional memory is the ability to have accurate and detailed recall in a variety of ways, including hyperthymesia, eidetic memory, synesthesia, and
Exceptional_memory
1966 short story by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction in April 1966. It features a melding of reality, false memory, and real memory. The story was adapted into the 1990 film Total Recall with
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale
Tendency to remember one's choices as better than they actually were
and beliefs, our motives and goals, and the social context. True and false memories arise by the same mechanism because when the brain processes and stores
Choice-supportive_bias
Cognitive disorder where memory is disturbed or lost
Emotion and memory False memory Gollin figure test List of films featuring mental illness Memory erasure Nostalgia Repressed memories Transient
Amnesia
Psychological defense mechanism
took until 1980 to determine that memory loss due to all severe traumas was the same set of processes. The False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF) was created
Motivated_forgetting
Repeating a falsity increases believability
some participants exposed to false news stories would go on to have false memories. The conclusion was that repetitive false claims increase believability
Illusory_truth_effect
Combined presence of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) and Korsakoff's syndrome
Gudrun M. S. (2008). "Confabulation behavior and false memories in Korsakoff's syndrome: Role of source memory and executive functioning". Psychiatry and Clinical
Wernicke–Korsakoff_syndrome
about HIV/AIDS False memory Illusory truth effect Legends and myths regarding the Titanic List of cognitive biases List of common false etymologies of
List_of_common_misconceptions
Memory about one's environment and spatial orientation
In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan a
Spatial_memory
American art teacher (1923–1998)
astraeasweb.net. Retrieved May 8, 2018. Rieber, R (1998). "Hypnosis, false memory and multiple personality: a trinity of affinity". History of Psychiatry
Shirley_Ardell_Mason
Psychology concept
in NFC are more likely to show false memory for these lures, due to their greater elaboration of learned items in memory as they are more likely to think
Need_for_cognition
Temporary disruption of short-term memory
temporary but almost total disruption of short-term memory with a range of problems accessing older memories. A person in a state of TGA exhibits no other signs
Transient_global_amnesia
Impressions of sensory information
system. Sensory information is stored in sensory memory just long enough to be transferred to short-term memory. Humans have five traditional senses: sight
Sensory_memory
Study of evolving memory systems
correct retention of information. False memory means remembering something that was never present. A false memory is not necessarily maladaptive. Misremembering
Adaptive_memory
Emotional, sexual, non physical type of child abuse
ISBN 0-942679-18-0. Retrieved April 17, 2008. Bjorklund, David F. (2000). False-memory creation in children and adults: theory, research, and implications.
Covert_incest
Term in psychology
who report repressed memories are more susceptible to producing false memories than individuals who could always recall the memory. Williams found that
Memory_inhibition
1994 book
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria is a 1994 book by Richard Ofshe and Ethan Watters, published by Scribner's. It is critical
Making Monsters: False Memories, Psychotherapy, and Sexual Hysteria
Making_Monsters:_False_Memories,_Psychotherapy,_and_Sexual_Hysteria
American memory disorder patient
development of theories that explain the link between brain function and memory, and in the development of cognitive neuropsychology, a branch of psychology
Henry_Molaison
Psychological focus, perception and prioritising discrete information
frontal, parietal, and subcortical regions and are closely linked to working memory, executive functions, and consciousness. Patterns of attention also vary
Attention
2001 film by Takashi Miike
manipulates Karen into seducing Ichi by posing as the woman from his false memory. Confused by her claims, Ichi kills her. Jijii then lures Kakihara into
Ichi_the_Killer_(film)
Learning technique that aids information retention
The art of memory (Latin: ars memoriae) is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions
Art_of_memory
Pseudoscientific claim that past lives can be remembered
the subject particularly likely to hold distorted or false memories. The source of the memories is more likely cryptomnesia and confabulations that combine
Past_life_regression
Psychological model of memory
strength of the memory representation. The familiarity modifier has been tested in implicit memory experiments, where subjects report false memories when presented
Levels_of_processing_model
Marvel Comics superhero
tries to investigate his past, although his memories remain unreliable because of brainwashing and false memory implants. He meets Maverick, another former
Wolverine_(character)
Psychological phenomenon in which a person re-experiences a memory
A flashback, or involuntary recurrent memory, is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual has a sudden, usually powerful, re-experiencing of a
Flashback_(psychology)
American psychology researcher
the area of human learning and memory. He rose to prominence for his work on the psychological aspects of false memories. Born in Roanoke, Virginia, and
Henry_L._Roediger_III
French physician, neurologist, and founding member of the Nancy School of Hypnosis
synonym for his suggestive therapeutics. One of the earliest accounts of a false memory which was induced by a therapist comes from Bernheim in the 1880s. Bernheim
Hippolyte_Bernheim
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
Boy/Male
Hindu
The false pride
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér) : ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish : when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German : topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2).German : from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Batchelor, altered by false association with elder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English falwe (Old English f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Boy/Male
German
Surname relating to falconry.
Boy/Male
Polynesian
House.
Boy/Male
Danish, German
Relating to Falconry; Falconer
Boy/Male
Biblical
Idols; masters; false gods.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
The false pride
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתְּרï‹×ª) Hebrew name, ASHTAROWTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vauxhall, habitational name from a place in Surrey so called, on the south bank of the River Thames, now part of Greater London. This was named in the 13th century as Faukeshalle ‘the Hall of Fauke’, a reference to Baron Falke de Breaulté, who was granted the manor by King John in 1233. This was the site of a famous pleasure garden frequented by 18th-century Londoners.
Male
Greek
(ΒαÏιησοÏ) Greek form of Aramaic Bar-Yesu, BARIESOU means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin)
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name, a variant of Vaux.English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : There are a number of early English examples of the name with articles rather than prepositions, which Reaney explains as being from a southern form of Middle English faus ‘false’, ‘untrustworthy’ (late Old English fals, from Latin falsus, reinforced by Old French fals, faus from the same source).
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Ashtaroth, ASTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval times).English (Devon) : topographic name denoting someone living on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hÅh ‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of land, or a ridge between two valleys.
Biblical
idols; masters; false gods
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Bariesou, BAR-JESUS means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
The False Pride
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ashtarowth, ASHTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
False Pride; Illusion
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
Girl/Female
Indian
Exalted
Girl/Female
Indian
From the Earth
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
A Poet; Philosopher
Boy/Male
Tamil
Flower, Blossom
Girl/Female
Tamil
Good looking
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly a habitational name from Osterley in Middlesex, named with Old English eowestre ‘sheepfold’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing’.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Emancipated Warrior
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Given by Lord; Blessings of God
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
One who Gets Credit
Boy/Male
Latin Italian
Warring.
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
FALSE MEMORY
a.
To report falsely; to falsify.
superl.
Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
a.
False; specious; counterfeit.
superl.
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
superl.
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
a.
To feign; to pretend to make.
n.
False religion.
superl.
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
v.
False swearing.
adv.
Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
a.
To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
superl.
Not in tune.
a.
False-hearted.
superl.
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
a.
Faitless; false; treacherous.
a.
To betray; to falsify.
a.
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
superl.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
n.
False optics.